Habits you have had most of your life.

Lee said:
For me I have to have almost everything in my home symmetrical or uniform. Two matching cabinets one on each side of the sofa. Cups with handles always have to face the same way. Pillows on the bed all match in order of size, same with the sofa cushions. Books go tall to short. And everything must line up or I go nuts.

There is a name for this disorder, I am sure one of you will tell me what it is
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Murrmurr said:
That's not a disorder; it's order.
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Hmmmm.....sounds rather OCDish

Speaking of OCD;
I used to count my steps
Had to end up on even paces
It gets tricky, but if you shorten the steps toward (say) a door, it will even out.
Made myself quit that
Took awhile

I best not think about it
 
Gary O' said:
Hmmmm.....sounds rather OCDish
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For me, it's OCD when it interferes with your life, or disrupts it in some way. It's when you feel so compelled to do a thing, such as count steps, you get anxious or really uncomfortable or even feel sick when you can't do it.

Whenever my son, Grant, had to show up at a construction site, he'd try to keep his eyes on his diagrams because he felt compelled to tap the head of every nail he saw that wasn't hammered flush with a wall or a board. He didn't feel compelled to hammer them flush, just to tap each one with his fingertip at least once, and everything else going on around him stopped until he did it. He couldn't take his mind off those nails. It interfered with his work.

Fortunately, he was a design engineer, so he spent most of his work hours at a desk....in a room with finished walls. And it's kind of funny - all the foremen who knew Grant would make sure their guys hammered down all the nails on the days they expected him to show up. Either that, or hang their coats on them.
 
Murrmurr said:
For me, it's OCD when it interferes with your life, or disrupts it in some way. It's when you feel so compelled to do a thing, such as count steps, you get anxious or really uncomfortable or even feel sick when you can't do it.
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I have caught myself counting steps and mentally yell at myself to stop it. I frustrate myself sometimes.
 
Nothing I have done all of my life that I can think of. But, since becoming an adult, I find myself reading license plate numbers and letters whenever I am driving. I know all of my neighbors plates, although not the make/model of the vehicle they are driving. I tend to look at oncoming car plates instead of waving at my friends when they see me. Just a habit, I like numbers. They stick in my head, and always have.
 
Right Now said:
Nothing I have done all of my life that I can think of. But, since becoming an adult, I find myself reading license plate numbers and letters whenever I am driving. I know all of my neighbors plates, although not the make/model of the vehicle they are driving. I tend to look at oncoming car plates instead of waving at my friends when they see me. Just a habit, I like numbers. They stick in my head, and always have.
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I thought I was the only one who does this .. ever since I was a very small child.
 
Right Now said:
Nothing I have done all of my life that I can think of. But, since becoming an adult, I find myself reading license plate numbers and letters whenever I am driving. I know all of my neighbors plates, although not the make/model of the vehicle they are driving. I tend to look at oncoming car plates instead of waving at my friends when they see me. Just a habit, I like numbers. They stick in my head, and always have.
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Interesting. Due to severe head trauma about 30yrs ago, I have the opposite relationship with numbers; we just can't get along. Especially when the numbers have to do with a time-frame or sequences of time.

Reading and remembering plate numbers sounds like a good brain exercise.
 
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Wontactmyage said:
First thing I do when I get up, I make my bed.
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Seeing a nicely made bed makes the rest of the chores easier.

A couple years ago, I either did something to my back, or something slipped or went wonky (there are screws and rods in there), and making the bed started causing a whole lotta pain. So I changed how I make the bed. I bought 8 top sheets at a thrift store, all different colors and prints. I sewed 2 sheets together, back-to-back, top edge to bottom edge, mixed and matched the colors and designs to make them interesting, and wound up with 4 sheet-blankets. So now all I have to do to make the bed is square up and smooth out one sheet-blanket. I don't tuck anything in.
The fitted sheet gets changed once/week, and my wife helps with that.

These sheet-blankets are totally and easily washable, reversible, and lightweight but toasty warm because quality sheets (300 thread count or more) are designed to hold in your body heat. In winter we use 2, and if it gets really cold, we have a comforter in the closet.

So, anyway....me too! :giggle:
 
I make the bed and then at some point, my little girl dog will go unmake it. When she is tired she wants to retreat to the silence of the bedroom. She is a little chiweenie but she can get in there, root underneath, and move it all around to make her perfect nest. Needless to say, I have to make the bed again when I go to bed. My crazy little boy dog makes me turn down his side before he gets in. He does not sleep in the covers so I don't know why it matters. To him it matters, just like his pillow must be fluffed LOL
 
Unfortunately...procrastination. Another...starting several things in the same time span, then not finishing them (in a timely manner). In my own defense, I did find out I have ADD which encompasses both those "habits".
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Unfortunately...procrastination. Another...starting several things in the same time span, then not finishing them (in a timely manner). In my own defense, I did find out I have ADD which encompasses both those "habits".
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My military grandfather told me that if I made my bed every day, first thing, I will always be successful because I started my day completing my first task. It has worked all my life as I am mostly task driven.
 
Wontactmyage said:
My military grandfather told me that if I made my bed every day, first thing, I will always be successful because I started my day completing my first task. It has worked all my life as I am mostly task driven.
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I agree. I grew up in squalor and what I would call a semi hoarder type of home. Once I got out of there I have strived to always keep my home clean and organized, and that starts with making the bed every morning.
 

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